Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 109 Surrounded but not killed, the insidious Truman Plan!

"You mean...stop Professor Ecclesia from obtaining unicorn blood, and then watch Voldemort's main soul inhabit her body?"

Dumbledore had already understood what Dudley was trying to say.

"That's right! We haven't found a way to perfectly separate Voldemort's soul fragments from the Horcruxes yet, nor are we sure if Voldemort has any other hidden Horcruxes. The best way to deal with Voldemort's main soul is to surround him without killing him."

We'll bring him under our control, using fake Philosopher's Stones, the blood of unicorns that we can see but can't get, and all sorts of things Voldemort wants. We'll lure him in, play him, and watch him go crazy, but at the crucial moment, we'll make him fail at the last minute.

Let him always hold onto a sliver of hope, let him believe we're in the dark, let him be a venomous snake, clinging to life right under our noses, wanting to bite but unable to.

Dudley recounted his sinister plan in a very sinister tone.

"This... is too dangerous." Dumbledore was momentarily taken aback. "How can we guarantee that Voldemort's main spirit won't harm the others in the castle?"

Upon hearing this, Dali couldn't help but give Old Deng a disdainful look again, and said without any mercy:

“Dumbledore, without me, your original plan would have been far more dangerous. As long as Harry and the so-called Philosopher's Stone were at Hogwarts, Voldemort would have come running like a shark smelling blood.”

"What, if you proceed according to your original plan, you're confident you can protect all three hundred-plus wizards and mages at Hogwarts?"

"I..." Dumbledore was speechless after Dudley's retort, but fortunately, he thought of an idea, "We can actually capture Voldemort's main soul, lock him up, and kill him after we've dealt with the Horcruxes..."

"Okay!"

Dudley responded directly, "As long as you can guarantee that you can succeed in one fell swoop and capture Voldemort's main soul 100% without alerting him and getting nothing in return."

As long as you can guarantee that you can trap Voldemort's main soul without any chance of escape.

As long as you can guarantee that you can make Voldemort's soul unable to die, unable to even commit suicide or self-destruct, and unable to use Horcruxes to resurrect, thus eliminating the possibility of Voldemort being resurrected on Harry's forehead.

"If you can do all of this, and do it in a way that, according to your plan, doesn't harm any innocent people, then I wholeheartedly support your decision to directly capture Voldemort."

Dumbledore was once again stunned by Dudley's words.

He simply couldn't make those guarantees; if he could, he would have crushed Voldemort long ago.

He had to admit that he was always a step behind Dali when it came to considering details.

"But even if we keep monitoring Voldemort's main soul as you say, we can't be completely foolproof!"

Dumbledore still had some doubts.

“My method doesn’t need to be foolproof,” Dudley replied calmly. “After Voldemort’s main soul is possessed by Ecclesia, we will use all means at our disposal to ensure that Ecclesia is always under our surveillance, whether it is day or night.”

If all else fails, you can personally take charge and keep watch 24/7.

As long as Voldemort's main soul remains weak and unable to get what he wants at Hogwarts, and that Voldemort and Ecclesia cannot harm anyone at Hogwarts, that's sufficient.

Even if we fail to keep an eye on them and they escape, it doesn't matter for now. As long as we find a way to perfectly separate Voldemort's soul fragment from the Horcrux, allowing me to obtain that power that can be called the ultimate miracle.

"At that time, no matter where Voldemort goes, and no matter how many Voldemors there are in the world, I can simply raise a hand and wipe them out completely."

Dali's next few sentences were incredibly passionate and wildly arrogant.

Old Deng had no doubt; he had personally witnessed several miracles created by Dali.

What really made Old Deng unable to bear it was a certain sentence mentioned earlier.

"You expect me, a man over a hundred years old, to keep watch over a young female professor 24 hours a day?"

"Is that not possible?" Dudley feigned surprise. "Didn't you say you wanted to protect the people in Hogwarts Castle? You can't even do something this simple? If you're tired or sleepy, just get some potions to wake you up."

I have an idea for you: improve upon the Baffy Brain Booster and Vitality Tonic, and combine the two into one. It will guarantee you plenty of energy and a refreshed spirit!

Oh, and even if you're keeping watch, don't forget to plan your time carefully and think about how to separate the soul fragments from the Horcrux, understand?

You are the greatest wizard, you must believe in yourself, you can definitely do it!

Dumbledore was thoroughly fed up with Dudley's toxic motivational rhetoric and had no choice but to accept the task. Of course, he didn't intend to use the stupid method Dudley suggested; he planned to research some targeted new magic.

“Let’s handle this according to your plan! We should find Professor Eckeris as soon as possible, in case she actually hurts the unicorn and obtains its blood.”

Seeing that time had been delayed, Dumbledore became somewhat anxious. As he spoke, he used the scent attached to the suitcase to cast a tracking spell to see if he could find Ecclesia's trail.

The Forbidden Forest is too vast. Even if Dumbledore himself used the Tracking Charm, he might not be able to find Ecclesia quickly; it would depend on luck.

“No need to rush.” Dudley said that a little more time wouldn’t make a difference. He looked at Hagrid, who had a blank expression, and asked, “Hagrid, did you do the warning I gave you to the unicorn clan to be careful of the dark wizard?”

Hagrid snapped out of his shock at hearing Dudley call his name, and after a moment's thought, he replied:

“I have already made the unicorn herd cluster together and hide. Professor Eckeris is visiting the Forbidden Forest for the first time, so there is absolutely no way she can find the unicorns in a short time.”

"That's good! Dumbledore, come and give me a hand!"

Dudley then focused his gaze on the memory bottle in his hand. He used magic to create a transparent thread out of thin air and slowly brought it close to the memory bottle.

Upon seeing this, Dumbledore immediately understood Dudley's meaning and quickly used the Elder Wand to cast a powerful concealment spell on the thread.

Dudley fused the traces that were almost between existence and non-existence into Eckeris's memory bottle, and then transformed Eckeris's hidden memories back into silver-white memory threads, putting them all back in.

With the traces attached to Ecclesia, it's hard to guarantee that Voldemort wouldn't see through it.

Adding traces to this memory bottle makes it much safer and more reliable.

This memory bottle contains Ecclesia's memories; it must be something extremely important to her. If Ecclesia were to escape Hogwarts, she would undoubtedly take this memory bottle with her.

It was a small, underhanded tactic.

Dudley put the tampered memory bottle back into the hidden compartment of Ecclesia's suitcase, and had Dumbledore hide the compartment again, trying to make it look exactly the same as before.

Afterwards, he put Eckeris's suitcase back into his personal space, and when he returned to the office before Eckeris, he put it back in its original place and restored the messy office to its original state.

If Eckeris misses out on them and goes back ahead of time, then just throw the suitcase somewhere out of the way, let Pipi take the blame, and guide Eckeris to find it herself.

However, it's best to prevent things from developing into the second scenario. Ecclesia isn't Voldemort; she's quite intelligent and might discover the flaws and clues.

If it weren't for Voldemort's main spirit pressuring her, Ecclesia wouldn't have ventured into the Forbidden Forest so quickly, leading to her exposure.

Seeing that Dudley had finished packing, Dumbledore asked again:

"Can we set off now? I have a vague sense that Professor Eckeris is currently to our north, and Hagrid said that the unicorn pack is also hiding in that direction."

"Before we set off, there's one more thing we need to do."

As Dudley spoke, he turned his gaze toward Hagrid.